Carcinoid of the Esophagus Concomitant with Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus: One Case Report and Literature Review

Abstract

Neuroendocrine tumors of the esophagus are derived from thediffuse neuroendocrine system in the gastrointestinal tract. Neuroendocrine tumors in the esophagus can be distinguished from othermesenchymal tumors by immunostaining for synaptophysin and chromogranin-A. Both carcinoid of the esophagus and adenocarcinoma ofthe esophagus are malignant tumors and considered to have a specifi cmolecular pathogenesis. This paper presents a rare case diagnosed ascarcinoid of the esophagus concomitant with an adenocarcinoma ofthe esophagus, a review of the literature is also presented here.

Keywords

• complications
• concomitant disease
• esophageal neoplasms
• adenocarcinoma